Car-stake.



PATENTBD APR. 30, 1907.

P.V.GARMAN.

GAR STAKE.

APPLIOATION FILED JAN. 5, 1907.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

l? fiaflm M m A a PATBNTED APR. 30, 1907.

F. V.-CARMAN.

CAR STAKE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 5. 1901.

Y 2 SHEETS-$11311 2.

FRANK V. CARMAN, OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

CAR-STAKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 30, 1907.

Application filed January 5,1907. Serial No, 350,987.

To In whom zit TIMI/{j cancer/1 Be it known that I, FRANK V. OARMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oakland, in the county of Alameda and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car-Stakes, of which the following is a specification. I

My invention relates to the class of stakes to be applied to a vehicle-body, in order to confine its load, and is more especially adapt ed and intended for railroad cars, whether flat-cars, gondola cars, or other forms which require stakes.

The object of my invention is to provide a permanently attached car-stake, adapted to be easily elevated for use, and in such up- I ght position, firmly locked and steadied; and as readily turned down to a position out of use, alongside of, though still attached to the car-body, and there held out of the way.

\Vith this object in view, my invention consists in the novel constructions and combinations, which I shall, hereinafter, fully describe, by reference to the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of one of my car-stakes, showing it locked in an upright position against the side of the car-body. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the stake in an upright, locked position, the car-body being in section. Fig. 3 is a top view of the stake in an upright, locked position. Fig. 4 is a top view showing the stake turned down to its dropped position when not in use, and showing also the outward angle, which it may assume, to enable it to clear adjacent stakes and their fastenings. Fig. 5 is a perspective view, enlarged, of the locking cam. Fig. 6 is a side elevation showing the arrangement of a group of stakes, locked in an upright position. Fig. 7 is a side elevation showing the group of stakes of Fig. 6 turned down to position out of use. Fig. 8 is a detail perspective view to show a cable-tie between opposite stakes. Fig. 9 is a side view of the bracket which steadies the base of the stake when loeke d upright.

1 is the stake, which may be of any suitable construction, though I contemplate making it of channeled pressed steel, of about the cross section shown in Figs. 3 and 8. To the side of the car-body 2 is bolted at a diagonal angle, a U-shaped yoke 3, through which the stake passes, and is pivoted therein to the car-body by a pivot bolt 4. Secured to the car-body between its side surface and the inner wide face of the stake, is a bracket 5, Figs. 2 and 9, the rear brace 6 of which, in the par ticular construction shown, passes up and is secured to a sill 7 of the car-body. The lower end of the bracket extends below the side of the car-body and is inclined outwardly therefrom as shown, its face, near its extremity, being formed or provided with a lug S.

The inner side of the lower end of the stake is beveled, as shown at 9 in Figs. 2 and 4, to correspond to the inclination of the bracket 5 as is seen in Fig. 2; and the lug 8 of said bracket enters the channeled face of the foot of said stake, to steady it in its upright position, as is indicated in said figure.

Upon the pivot bolt 4 is fitted rotatably a handled cam 10, the face of which, as seen in Fig. 5, is provided with two inclined planes. The back of the cam is a plane surface and bears against the back of the stake. Two pins or projections 11 fitted to or formed with the inner surface of the yoke 3, bear upon the inclined planes of the face of the cam 10, as seen in F 2 and 3. By turning the cam to cause its inclined planes to travel up on the pins 11, said cam is bodily forced inwardly on the bolt 4, to bind with looking pressure on the stake to hold it firmly upright, as is shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The stake thus pressed against the face of the bracket 5, by the cam 10, and steadied by the lug S fitting its channeled foot, is firmly held upright. To release it, the cam 10 is turned in the other direction,whercby it moves outwardly and frees the stake of its pressure. The stake can now be rocked on its pivotal center sulliciently to disengage its foot from the lug 8, whereby it can be turned on its pivot bolt toward the horizontal. Now, in this turning movement, it is necessary for it to swing outwardly to an. angle with the side of the car-body, to enable it to clear the other stakes and their respective fastenings. This is permitted by the beveled inner face 9 of the foot of the stake, below the yoke, which enables the stake to be rocked outwardly until said bevel comes up against the car-body side, as is shown in Fig. 4. henthus turned down to its dropped position, the stake is supported between the arms of the yoke 3, as shown in said figure, and may be locked in this position by turning the cam again to bind upon it.

In Figs. 6 and 7, I show a group of stakes, indicating their relative arrangement, such as will enable them to clear each other and all be turned to a dropped position. In Fig. 6 the stakes are shown upright; while in Fig. 7, they are turned down out of use.

In Fig. 8, I show a cable-tie 12 between thetops of opposite stakes. This consists of two sections, one secured to the top of one stake and the other secured to the top of the opposite stake. Any suitable fastening, such as is indicated at 13, maybe used to connect the two sections. This tie may be used upon all the stakes, or only upon such number as may be desirable. It serves to steady their tops and to hold them together. I

My stake is permanently attached to the car, thereby avoiding the danger of loss or of being misplaced. It can quickly be elevated and as readily turned down out of use. It is adapted for any kind of car, whether the flat-car here shown, or a gondola car, for the fastenings can as readily be applied to the sides ofa gondola car as to a fiat-car. It is, moreover, light, strong, safe and durable.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is,

1. In combination with a vehicle-body, a U-shaped yoke diagonally secured to the side of said body; a stake passing through and pivoted in said yoke; and a locking device mounted in the yoke to hold and release said stake.

2. In combination with a vehicle-body, a U-shaped yoke diagonally secured to the side of said body; a stake passing through and pivoted in said yoke; and a cam mounted in the yoke, to lock and release said stake.

3. In combination with a vehicle-body, a U-shaped yoke diagonally secured to the side of said body; a stake passing through said yoke; a bolt in the yoke pivoting the stake to the side of the body; a locking cam rotatably mounted on the bolt, arranged to bind upon'the stake; and a projection on the yoke to impinge upon and operate the cam.

4:. In combination with a vehicle-body, a U-shaped yoke diagonally secured to the side of said body; a stake passing through and pivoted in said yoke; a bracket secured to the body, having means to engage the foot of the stake when the latter is upright, to steady it; and a locking device mounted in the yoke to hold and release the stake.

5. In combination with a vehicle-body, a U-shaped yoke diagonally secured to the side of said body; a stake passing through and pivoted in said yoke a bracket secured to the body, having means to engage the foot of the stake when the latter is upright, to steady it; and a cam mounted in the yoke to lock and release said stake.

6. In combination with a vehicle-body, a U-shaped yoke diagonally secured to the side of said body; a stake passing through said yoke; a bolt in the yoke pivoting the stake to the side of the body; a bracket secured to the body, having means to engage the foot of the stake when the latter is upright, to steady it; a locking cam rotatably mounted on the bolt, arranged'to bind upon the stake; and a projection on the yoke to impinge upon and operate the cam.

7. In combination with a vehicle-body, a U-shaped yoke diagonally secured to the side of said body; a stake passing through and pivoted in said yoke, said stake having the inner face of its foot, below the yoke, beveled outwardly away from the side of the body; and a locking device to hold and release the stake.

8. In combination with a vehiclebody, a-

Ushaped yoke diagonally secured to the side of the body; a stake passing through and pivoted in said yoke, said stake having the inner face of its foot, below the yoke, beveled outwardly away from the side of the body; and a cam mounted in the yoke to lock and release said stake.

9. In combination with a vehicle-body, a U-shaped yoke diagonally secured to the side of the body; a stake passing through said yoke, said stake having the inner face of its foot, below the yoke, beveled outwardly away from the side of the body; a bolt in the yoke pivoting the stake to the side of the body; a bracket secured to the body, having means to engage the foot of the stake when the latter is upright, to steady it; a locking cam rotatably mounted on the bolt, arranged to bind upon the stake; and a projection on the yoke to impinge upon and operate the cam.

10. In combination with a vehicle-body, a U-shaped yoke diagonally secured to the side of the body; a stake passing through'said yoke, said stake having the inner face of its IIO eled outwardly away from the side of the In testimony whereof I have signed my body; a bracket secured to the body and in name to this specification in the presence of clining outwardly to correspond with the two subscribing Witnesses. beveled foot of the stake, said bracket havl FRAN K V. CARMAN 5 ing a means to engage the stake-loot to Witnesses:

steady the stake when upright; and a lock- N. A. ACKER, ing device to hold and release the stake. L. E. VILKINS. 

